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Q4) Prepare a detailed lesson plan based on listening skills. Explain how you will create expectations, set a listening task for students, give feedback and follow up task. /15

Date/Day: 6th February, 2012/Tuesday.Time/Period: 40 minutesClass: IntermediateNumber of students: 30Subject: EnglishTopic: Environment (Give Us Space to Run and Play)

Prior knowledge: Students have the knowledge about the usage of playground.

Curriculum Specifications:1. Obtain information for different purposes by:a. Listening to spoken text such as talks, speeches and from other multi media sources.

2. Process information by:a. skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas;i. Telling what the text is about.ii. Noting important details.

General objectives: 1. To develop students’ ability to understand a conversation. 2. To develop students’ ability to identify main ideas

Specific objectives: 1. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:2. Orally answer questions about the picture displayed 3. To circle the correct answers in the worksheet 1 based on the conversation4. Write an informal letter to a pen-pal about the ‘gotong-royong’ activity in the

neighborhood

Teaching and learning resources:Power point presentation, Laptop, audio CD of listening script, and worksheets.

Thinking skill:Observing, Evaluating, and Interpreting.

Integration skill:Speaking skills, listening skills

Stage/Time Activity/Content Presentation/Rationale

Pre-listening(10 min)

Stage 1

Creating expectations within the students

Whole Class Activity

Aid:

A power point presentation shows some children get tighter and have fun. (Appendix 1)

Questions:

What are the children doing?Where are they playing?Would you play in such places? Why/Why not?

1. Students are instructed to do as follows:

a. Watch the power point presentation of some children playing.b. Orally answer the questions that will be asked about the pictures within 5 minutes.

2. Teacher asks for students’ feedback to make sure that they understand what they are supposed to do.

3. Students give their feedback.

4. Students watch the power point presentation displayed by the teacher.

5. Students answer the questions orally.(see the activity)

6. Students are asked to answer their questions voluntarily.

7. Teacher responds to students’ answers and introduces them to the topic of the lesson “Give Us Space to Run and Play”. They will listen to a conversation between two persons regarding safe place for children to play.

Rationale:

1. To initiate the students’ interest to the topic of the lesson.2. To activate the appropriate schemata of the students.

While-listening(2 min)

Stage 2

Setting the task

Whole Class Activity

1. Students are instructed to do as follows:

a. Listen to the audio CD of a conversation. b. They will be given worksheet 1 to be completed in which they have to answer the questions by making the correct choices to the Mcqs.

Stage/Time Activity/Content Presentation/RationaleWhile-listening

(8 min)

Stage 3

Students listen and

perform the task.

Individual Activity 1.Teacher distributes Worksheet 1 to the students2. The audio CD will be played for two times as follows:

1st time.Students are asked to listen to the conversation and attempt the task. If the students unable to answer any of the questions, skip the question and move to the next question.

2nd timeStudents are required to listen again and attempt the task that they have missed in the first

3. Students check their task and answer the questions that they have missed in the first listening.

4. Students complete the task

Rationales:-To enable students to understand the information in the conversation.-To develop students’ ability in locating the main ideas.

Whole Class Activity 1. Teacher asks for students’ feedback to

Stage 4

Feedback

(5 min)

&

Pair Work Activity

check on students’ understanding of what they are supposed to do.

2. Students give their feedback.

3. Students work with their partners and discuss the answer.

4. Students are asked to give their answers voluntarily and randomly.

5. Teacher responds to students’ answer and discusses them as a class.

Stage/Time Activity/Content Presentation/Rationale

Post Listening (15 min)

Stage 5

Feedback

Individual Activity

Najib writes a letter to his pen-pal, Jason Miraz. He tells Jason about the ‘gotong-royong’ activity in his housing estate. Use the words and phases below to complete the letter. Add detail where necessary. The letter should not be less than 120 words.

Students are instructed to do as follows:

1. Write an informal letter to a pen-pal based on the words and phrases given in the worksheet 2.

2. Attempt the task individually.

3. If they are not able to finish it in 15 minutes, take it as homework.

Rationale:

To enable students to write an informal letter.To develop the moral values among the students.

Appendix 1

Worksheet 1- Listening TranscriptMrs Lee: I’m worried for our children in this neighborhood. They are exposed to danger as I often see them chasing one another along the roadside.

Puan Aishah: Yes, I get worried too. When I see the children playing by the roadside, I’m afraid the cars or motorcycles might hit them. They always tell me they’ll be careful but the motorists may not drive carefully or slowly. By the time they step on the brakes, it’s too late. Accidents can happen.

Mrs Lee: You’re right, Puan Aishah. The children should play in the playground. But my children tell me that the playground is unmanageable. The swing is wreck and the grass is haven’t been cut for quite a while.

Puan Aishah: I think we should suggest to the neighborhood community to carry out a ‘gotong-royong’. We could clear up the playground so that the children have more space to play and run.

Mrs Lee: Good! I will suggest that in our next neighborhood meeting. Do you know that many parents allow their children to play badminton just outside the gate? Usually one of them is inside the compound while the other is outside. I don’t think this is a good idea. That’s why I enroll my children for badminton classes in the town hall.

Puan Aishah: Oh, that’s a great idea! When the classes held?

Mrs Lee: Every Saturday. Are your children interested?

Puan Aishah: I suppose so but I’ll have to ask them first.

Listen to the conversation and circle the correct answers.

1. One of the activities the children does that worry Mrs. Lee and Puan Aishah is…

a. Playing in the playground.b. Chasing one another along the roadside.

c. Cycling along the road.

2. Mrs. Lee does not allow her children to play Badminton outside the gate. How does she solve the problem? Choose your answer.

a. She sends her children to the town hall for lessons. b. She keeps her children in the house.c. She encourages her children to take up other hobbies.

3. Children do not play in the playground because of it poor management.

a. True b. False4. Mrs Lee would like to suggest the enrolment in badminton classes in the next neighborhood meeting.

a. True b. False

5. Puan Aishah is uninterested with the idea of joining badminton classes in the town hall.

a. Trueb. False 6. From the dialogue, we learn certain qualities about Mrs. Lee and Puan Aishah. How would you describe them? Choose the best answer.

a. Anxious b. Strictc. Concernd. Fearful

7. In your opinion, where do you think the conversation takes place?

a. House compound b. Supermarketc. Stall

Worksheet 2 – Writing Activity

Najib writes a letter to his pen-pal, Jason Miraz. He tells Jason about the ‘gotong-royong’ activity in his housing estate. Use the words and phases below to complete the letter. Add detail where necessary. The letter should not be less than 120 words.

Mr. Lee – put up – banner – Encik Luqman – to inform – gotong-royong – clear up the playground – Sunday -8 a.m

Town council worker – cut grass – Men - …Boys - … Puan Aishah and her friends – did not want to be left out –

Dear Jason,

How are you and your family? I hope everyone is fine. I’ve some interesting news to tell you. The residents in my neighborhood carried out an activity called gotong-royong.

Last Friday, Mr. Lee and Encik Luqman put up a banner to inform the ……………….